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Infected food blamed for British baby's hospital death A likely contamination of liquid food was on Wednesday blamed for the death in Britain of one baby and the poisoning of 14 more, regulators said.

05 June 2014

China woman held for nursery poisoning that killed 2: media A Chinese woman has been detained for killing two children at a preschool nursery and making 30 others ill with poisoned food, state media said.

10 April 2014

Toddler dies after swallowing battery in Aktobe A toddler in Aktobe has died from swallowed battery.

08 April 2014

Indonesian elephants found dead, poisoning suspected Seven Sumatran elephants have been found dead in western Indonesia and it is thought they were poisoned, a wildlife official said Monday, just the latest deaths of the critically-endangered animals.

24 February 2014

28 oil workers poisoned, 2 fatally in Zhanaozen Mass poisoning of workers of Kezbi oil service company has been registered in Zhanaozen city of Mangystau oblast in western Kazakhstan.

29 November 2013

Tests point to polonium poisoning in Arafat death: Jazeera Swiss scientists have concluded that Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat probably died from polonium poisoning.

07 November 2013

Brazil to exhume ex-president Goulart The remains of Brazilian ex-president Joao Goulart will be exhumed to determine whether he was poisoned in the 1970s by rightwing rulers clamping on dissent.

12 July 2013

Czech government to ease ban on liquor sales The Czech government said Wednesday it would ease a ban on liquor sales in force since September 14 following a wave of methanol poisoning that has claimed at least 25 lives.

28 September 2012

Kazakhstan steps up control over Czech and Polish liquors Kazakhstan has followed other countries in enhancement of control over import of liquors from the Czech Republic and Poland.

20 September 2012